EPHESIANS 3:18-19 IMMEASURABLE LOVE OF GOD

 

S - Ephesians 3:18-19 (NIV)

 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

O – 1. Power to grasp the width / length / height / depth of God’s love

2. Together with Lord’s holy people

3. This is love that surpasses all knowledge

4. filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

 

A – These verses are so beautiful. Just reading it can bring a smile on your face and make you feel the love. How awesome!!!! It highlights that we need His strength and power (which is none other than the Holy Spirit) to feel the fullness of His love. No human brain can comprehend the height, depth, width or length of our heavenly father’s love for us. These verses goes on to explain that we not only have to understand this awesome love but need to experience this love of Christ to be filled with fullness of God.

       I would apply it to me life in this manner. I will never base my happiness on the love of the world or any material aspects. My father’s love for me is beyond measurement and I want to be basked in it. Nothing can take the place of this love.With the help of the Holy Spirit I will understand and fully experience my father’s love. And this love is not only for me to enjoy but together with all Lord’s people which means that I have to share this joy with many others so that they too may understand and experience it themselves. Unless we are rooted in this deep love of the Lord we cannot be filled with His holy presence.

 

P – Abba Father, I am so privileged to be your daughter who is loved to such an extent. Your word promises it and you always keep your promises. You are a faithful God. I know that I can understand and experience this love through your promising word and help me to plunge deep into your word and seek you. Enable me, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to never forget this love and not place my happiness on on anyone or anything. During times of stress let me able to sit down and just simply feel this divine love. Only you Lord can give me this guaranteed love and I simply love you.

In Jesus precious name, AMEN

 

 

JOHN 14:18 GOD MAKES A HOME IN US

S – John 14:18 (NIV) I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:23 (NIV) Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.

O - 1. Come to us
     2. Loves Jesus = Obey His teaching
     3. In turn the Father will love us
     4. Come and Make a home in us

A – Once we choose to obey Jesus and accept Him as a savior and Lord of our life, The Holy Spirit comes to dwell in us. We are now a new creation. We are not ruled by sin anymore but by our Lord. The Holy Spirit is the guide and counselor, who will convict me of any wrong doings and lead me to the right path. I will surrender my whole self to be led by the Holy Spirit. This gift of Holy Spirit is out of greatest love of the Lord through Jesus Christ and is given to us until His second coming. In this way we are never alone since He has made a home in us.

P – Abba father, Thank you for providing us with a guide and advocate to remind us of your commands. Enable me to surrender to the guidance of the Holy Spirit so that I may live a life according to your will. I experience your great love at all times as I know that you live in me. Enable me to grow more mature in you each day as I transform into your image.
In Jesus precious name I pray
AMEN

EPHESIANS 2:6-7 INCOMPARABLE RICHES OF HIS GRACE

 

 

S - And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:6-7 NIV)

O - 1. God raised us up with Christ.
2. God seated us with Him in Christ.
3. This is to show incomparable riches of His grace
4. It is expressed by kindness to us in Christ Jesus

A - We had fallen into the deep pit of sin. But our father who had created us in His own image didn't want to lose us and he, out of His love, raised us up with Christ and placed us in heavenly places. His incomparable riches can be seen over the ages and this revelation is out of His greatest kindness to us.

P - Dear Lord, help me to understand the greatest privilege I have in you through Lord Jesus Christ. Enable me to understand your grace on my life which is really undeserving. Let me never be distracted by any matters of this world so as to take away my focus on your loving kindness.
In Jesus' precious name I pray, AMEN

MADE FOR COMMUNITY - STUDY

 

Hi Readers,

 

I am doing the Made for Community study from Love God Greatly Blog

http://www.lovegodgreatly.com/2015/01/week-1-made-community-god/#comments

I just love it. See Posts on my Quiet Times in SOAP Format

 

Yours Sincerely

Pri_Ash

 

PROVERBS 5:15-20 MAINTAIN PURITY IN YOUR MARRIAGE

Passage:

Proverbs 5:15-20New International Version (NIV)

¹⁵ Drink water from your own cistern,
    running water from your own well.
¹⁶ Should your springs overflow in the streets,
    your streams of water in the public squares?
¹⁷ Let them be yours alone,
    never to be shared with strangers.
¹⁸ May your fountain be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.
¹⁹ A loving doe, a graceful deer—
    may her breasts satisfy you always,
    may you ever be intoxicated with her love.
²⁰ Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife?
    Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?

Truths :

Promises to keep: MAINTAIN THE PURITY IN MARRIAGE.

Application:

How beautifully these verse speak of the purity which God desires in our marriage? The sin of adultery can destroy this pure institution. God has selected a partner for each of us. We are to love and enjoy our spouse. They might not be perfect and may not fulfil all our requirements, but they are our God given partners and we are to love them. Christ loved us in all our weaknesses and we should reflect Christ’s personality in our relationships also. Many people are dissatisfied and search for other means to satisfy their loneliness and sinful desires. But this is highly displeasing as this is not God’s will as is clearly portrayed in these verses.

                          

Prayer :

Abba father,

Thank you for the blessed married life you have given me. I know that we are not perfect and many a times have fallen short of your expectations. But I know you love us and would never condemn us. I submit my marriage into your hands – purify it just as you would want it to be. Never let us allow the devil to enter our loving relationship and create havoc. Help us to be faithful to each other at all times. Help me to be a powerful praying wife who would always uphold my husband into your hands. We seek your presence in our marriage and be a witness of your glory.

In Jesus’ mighty name I pray

Amen.

PROVERBS 5:11-14 HEED TO THE ADVICES OF THE FATHER OR BE SORRY LATER

Passage :

Proverbs 5:11-14

¹¹ and at the end of your life you groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,
¹² and you say, “How I hated discipline,
    and my heart despised reproof!
¹³ I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
    or incline my ear to my instructors.
¹⁴ I am at the brink of utter ruin
    in the assembled congregation.”

Truths:

Promise to Keep: Heed to godly wisdom or regret later.

Understanding:

1.       When sin takes over us, our whole flesh and body is consumed.

2.       Once we fall into the deep hole of sin, we will remember the no: of times God disciplined us and corrected us but how we overlooked all the advices and warnings and went into darkness.

3.       We will remember how God had used many people to make us understand His will.

Application:

‘Prevention is better than cure” is a quote which comes to my mind as I read these verses. Before we fall into any sin, Holy Spirit warns us. God may use many mediums to reach us and help us to select the right paths. He is a disciplining father who wants the best for me. I need to heed to His warning and move into that direction. Sin is like a consuming fire which can eat up the body and soul. Even though we may recover from it, the past may haunt us or people would still rebuke us. So it is much better to be lead by the father at all times so as not to fall into the pit of sin.

Prayer:

Abba Father,

     I acknowledge that my flesh is weak and I need to depend on your strength to know the right and wrong. Enable me to seek your will in my life. Enable me to be guided by the counselor, the holy spirit at all instances. I submit my whole self to you father, mold me and make me into your likeness.

In Jesus' powerful name 

AMEN

PROVERBS 5:7-10 PATHS NOT TO TREAD ON

Passage:

Proverbs 5:7-10

⁷ Now then, my sons, listen to me;
    do not turn aside from what I say.
⁸ Keep to a path far from her,
    do not go near the door of her house,
⁹ lest you lose your honor to others
    and your dignity^[a] to one who is cruel,
¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.

 

 

 

 

Prov 5:8

Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house,

 

Understanding

1. Avoid every scene of temptation

2. The respect we have earned so far can be lost.

3. Strangers will gain the wealth.

 

 

Application:

These verses prove how weak the flesh is and how easily we can fall into sin. We need to seek Godly wisdom in places we know that the flesh can be weak. We need to avoid such circumstances to the extent possible. If there are any chances to fall into adultery, we should avoid such places. As a pastor explained in a Marriage Seminar, " It is not the first look which is harmful, but the second look which can lead to sin" Yes , Let us intentionally avoid unwanted jokes, talks and company of friends of opposite gender which might be displeasing to God. Many a times we trust ourselves , but like my mentor, DrS explained in one of the classes " Don't give the devil a chance" These kind of displeasing events can lead us to lose complete respect and bring our whole life at stake.

 

 

Prayer :

Father Lord,

  There are many distractions in the world which can lead us to sin. Help us to seek your godly wisdom and choose the right path. Cover us with your precious blood so that we maintain our purest form. We submit all our relationships and friendships into your hands. Let each relationship give glory and honour to you and be pleasing in your sight. We seek the help of the Holy Spirit wherever we go and who ever we are with.

In you precious name I pray,

Amen